“Allowing China to build military facilities in our own backyard is not a move of good faith but an affirmation of the Duterte regime’s foreign policy of national sellout and subjugation to international powers.”
“The seven military outposts of China across West Philippine Sea has put crosshairs on its various ecosystems and fishing grounds.”
On July 12, as expected, the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled to uphold the Philippines’ maritime rights in the South China Sea and dashed (no pun intended) – as having no legal basis – China’s “nine-dash-line” sovereignty claim over nearly all of the sea. And as also expected, China rejected the ruling. President Xi…
By SARAH RAYMUNDO Blood Rush The fireworks are on full display. The cheers are deafening. Cups are overflowing. But, what does #Chexit mean? Is it really a victorious ending to a long-drawn maritime dispute over the West Philippine Sea? Or is this triumph a first step to understand the struggle of the fishermen in Zambales…
Both by its extensive propaganda blitz and by conducting military drills in the Paracels, China seeks to impress upon the world its resolve to assert sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea – no matter how the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration will decide: to uphold or negate such a claim. The decision…